Dragon Age: The Veilguard Comes Out Swinging, Already EA's Biggest Single Player Game on Steam

Dragons are all the rage

Dragon Age: The Veilguard is now available, and early indicators point to BioWare's RPG being a hit, managing to unseat Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to become EA's biggest single-player launch on Steam, with over 70,000 concurrents recorded, and that ahead of the weekend. While somewhat split critically, at least on Valve's egalitarian platform, it seems players love the game, which at the time of writing enjoys a Mostly Positive rating drawn from over 1,200 user reviews.

IGN ran the numbers, and they're pretty impressive when you consider (not counting Mass Effect Legendary Edition, which was always going to be a crowd-pleaser) that BioWare's last two games were Mass Effect: Andromeda and ANTHEM, neither of which were received nearly so warmly. We quite enjoyed The Veilguard, too, and you can read our full thoughts in our review.

Related Articles

News Dragon Age: The Veilguard Trophies Want You to Do Everything on PS5

53 Trophies to earn in next big RPG

Guide Dragon Age: The Veilguard Guide: Key Help for BioWare's RPG

Your ultimate Dragon Age: The Veilguard resource

Will you be picking up Dragon Age: The Veilguard? Are you glad to see a seemingly resurgent BioWare? Begin your own adventures in the comments section below.

[source store.steampowered.com, via ign.com]

• Share:
• 0

• 3
• 9

About Khayl Adam

Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.

• Author Profile
• Twitter/X
• Reply

Comments 9

• 1
• Kraven
• 4:14am

I’m glad it’s being received well, particularly on Steam. I’m roughly six hours in, having just beat the Lyrium Ghoul boss fight and think the whole experience has been amazing. The game is very well paced, the combat is crunchy and a lot more satisfying than I expected, and the story has some interesting beats. I can’t wait to play more tomorrow.

• 3

• 2
• DennisReynolds
• 4:46am

A certain crowd won't be happy 😂 Wish i could join in on the fun but well the £700 came out yesterday for the Pro meaning no new games for me this month haha.

• 3

• 3
• trev666
• 4:49am

Anthem didnt do too badly it sold 5 million copies

• 0

• 4
• DonJorginho
• 6:11am

We love to see it, got my physical copy and will be one of the games I dive into once the Pro comes!

• 1

• 5
• Zuljaras
• 6:20am

Yeah sure, the game is an absolute "Return to Form", brave and groundbreaking

• 3

• 6
• ApostateMage
• 6:35am

I'll most likely pick this up in a future sale for about £8. From everything I've seen of it so far I think that the writing and dialogue sound just as dreadful as ME Andromeda's.

• 1

• 7
• Jey887
• 6:40am

No, no, no, that cannot be right. The Internet assured me this game would crash and burn. It assured me that it was going to be a steaming pile of garbage that was to be the nail in Bioware's proverbial coffin.

Surely the collective hivemind of the internet wasn't wrong, was it...?

• 4

• 8
• ATaco
• 53m ago

A bit disingenuous not to compare it to other big single player releases is it not? I mean mass effect was basically a port and Anthem was straight up terrible. Sure it did decently for a Bioware game but Bioware haven't been doing all too hot lately and more importantly will 70k satisfy the money hungry execs at EA?

• 3

• 9
• pushL7
• 33m ago

Was only able to get an hour in last night but enjoying it so far. Can't wait to get stuck in later.

• 0

Show Comments

Leave A Comment

Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...